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Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and privateemployers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiringcomparable skill that are usually held by men.(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a jobrequiring comparable skills(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skillthat are(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is onedemanding comparable skills(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demandingcomparable skills

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22 Mar 2011, 02:42

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Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and privateemployers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiringcomparable skill that are usually held by men.(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a jobrequiring comparable skills(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skillthat are(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is onedemanding comparable skills(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demandingcomparable skills

please submit your explanation !

The relevant idioms are:1.to be required to ...2.to require someone to ...3.to require of someone that ...

So requires of should be followed by that (third idiom). and moreover should be in subjunctive moodA fits here very well.

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22 Mar 2011, 06:52

The template of a present subjunctive mood is – Somebody requires X that X do (the imperative or the basic form of the verb) something. In the given case, it should be: “Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that they pay the same for jobs historically’. Obviously no one can command the inanimate ‘pay’ to be same. That is absurd. A subjunctive mood clause should be so worded that the commanded one should be able to carry out the command without fail.

That is why, Choices A and B per se fall outside the scope of subjunctive mood or in other words are not rightly worded.

E must be the real choice as in C and E, the skill seems to be held by men rather than the jobs by men
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Even if you are not familiar with idioms involving "require"---you could still arrive at the correct answer by looking at what else is being tested.

Here's how you might go through it:

(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that areKeyword is "as"--indicating comparison on the left and right. "Jobs" is compatible with "jobs"--so that's ok.

(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a jobrequiring comparable skillsX&Y Consistency: "jobs" is not compatible with "job" ---comparison is not consistent.

(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skillthat areYou don't say "to pay the same IN jobs"--you say "to pay the same FOR jobs"

(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is onedemanding comparable skillsSounds unnecessarily complicated.

(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skillsX&Y Consistency: "jobs" is not compatible with "job"--comparison is not consistent.

So even if you don't know anything about "requires that" versus "requires [x] to" or "requires of [x] that"--you can still answer the question correctly and arrive at (A).
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require is subjunctive and goes with "that". This eliminates instantly C,D and E. I didn't read them.

require + should is wrong. This eliminates B

That leaves A as the answer. Another hint is "be". So the subjunctive wins ! This SC is checking just that.

gmatpill wrote:

Even if you are not familiar with idioms involving "require"---you could still arrive at the correct answer by looking at what else is being tested.

Here's how you might go through it:

(A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that areKeyword is "as"--indicating comparison on the left and right. "Jobs" is compatible with "jobs"--so that's ok.

(B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a jobrequiring comparable skillsX&Y Consistency: "jobs" is not compatible with "job" ---comparison is not consistent.

(C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skillthat areYou don't say "to pay the same IN jobs"--you say "to pay the same FOR jobs"

(D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is onedemanding comparable skillsSounds unnecessarily complicated.

(E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skillsX&Y Consistency: "jobs" is not compatible with "job"--comparison is not consistent.

So even if you don't know anything about "requires that" versus "requires [x] to" or "requires of [x] that"--you can still answer the question correctly and arrive at (A).

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22 Mar 2011, 10:25

Choices (B) and (E) use non-parallel "for jobs... for a job", among other things. Those are easy to spot and eliminate.

Pay "in" a job is incorrect, "for" a job is correct, eliminating (C). If this doesn't jump out at you immediately or you're not familiar with the correct expression, consider that choices A, B, and E all use some form of "for a job".

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22 Mar 2011, 23:07

daagh wrote:

The template of a present subjunctive mood is – Somebody requires X that X do (the imperative or the basic form of the verb) something. In the given case, it should be: “Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that they pay the same for jobs historically’. Obviously no one can command the inanimate ‘pay’ to be same. That is absurd. A subjunctive mood clause should be so worded that the commanded one should be able to carry out the command without fail.

That is why, Choices A and B per se fall outside the scope of subjunctive mood or in other words are not rightly worded.

E must be the real choice as in C and E, the skill seems to be held by men rather than the jobs by men

Daag, Following Gmat SC all uses inanimate object but are correct. Are you sure about the rule ?

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